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Jackson Richman / Mediaite:
Fox News to Light New Christmas Tree After Previous One Torched — Fox News Media announced on Wednesday that a new tree will be lit on Thursday evening after its original one was allegedly burned by an arsonist early Wednesday morning. — The event on Fox Square in New York will include network personalities, clergymen and others.
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Greg Pollowitz / Twitchy:
Meet Craig Tamanaha, the 49-year-old arrested for allegedly setting fire to the Fox News Christmas tree — World, meet Craig Tamanaha, the 49-year-old homeless man who allegedly set fire to the Fox News Christmas tree this morning: — The suspect is identified as 49-year-old Craig Tamanaha …
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Old foes thwart Biden's foreign policy pivot — President Joe Biden wants to pivot U.S. foreign policy to the future but has not yet been able to shake the past. — Biden took office early this year promising a new era for the United States on the world stage, casting aside …
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Biden makes diplomatic concession to Russia with Nato talks plan — US president wants allies to discuss Moscow's ‘concerns’ in attempt to prevent invasion of Ukraine — Joe Biden has made a significant diplomatic concession to Moscow designed to prevent an invasion of Ukraine by signalling …
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russian State TV Drops Deranged Love Letter to Its Darling ‘Trumpushka’
Russian State TV Drops Deranged Love Letter to Its Darling ‘Trumpushka’
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Betting on democracy: Biden's big idea for US foreign policy
Betting on democracy: Biden's big idea for US foreign policy
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Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
The AP Interview: CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far — NEW YORK (AP) — More than 40 people in the U.S. have been found to be infected with the omicron variant so far, and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated, the chief of the CDC said Wednesday.
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Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
The Coronavirus Attacks Fat Tissue, Scientists Find — The research may help explain why people who are overweight and obese have been at higher risk of severe illness and death from Covid. — From the start of the pandemic, the coronavirus seemed to target people carrying extra pounds.
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Pfizer and BioNTech Provide Update on Omicron Variant
Pfizer and BioNTech Provide Update on Omicron Variant
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Meadows Sues Pelosi in Bid to Block Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena — The suit came hours after the committee said it would prepare a criminal contempt of Congress referral against Mark Meadows, who was President Donald J. Trump's chief of staff on Jan. 6. — WASHINGTON — Mark Meadows …
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Pence does not commit to cooperating with Jan. 6th congressional committee
Pence does not commit to cooperating with Jan. 6th congressional committee
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Emma Hurt / Axios:
Scoop: Trump-backed Perdue says he wouldn't have certified Georgia 2020 results — Georgia gubernatorial candidate David Perdue wouldn't have signed the certification of the state's 2020 election results if he had been governor at the time, the former Senate Republican told Axios.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate votes to nix Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses — The Senate on Wednesday voted to nix President Biden's vaccine mandate for larger businesses, handing Republicans a symbolic win. — Senators voted 52-48 on the resolution, which needed a simple majority to be approved.
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Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Gov. Whitmer says President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate a ‘problem,’ report says
Gov. Whitmer says President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate a ‘problem,’ report says
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Washington Post:
Low-profile heiress who ‘played a strong role’ in financing Jan. 6 rally is thrust into spotlight — Eight days before the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, a little-known Trump donor living thousands of miles away in the Tuscan countryside quietly wired a total of $650,000 to three organizations that helped stage and promote the event.
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William Neuman / New York Times:
De Blasio Fought for 2 Years to Keep Ethics Warning Secret. Here's Why. — Mayor Bill de Blasio was warned that he created an “appearance of coercion and improper access” by directly contacting donors who had business before the city. — When Bill de Blasio was first elected mayor of New York …
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 ‘Agent Provocateur’ Is A Big Tucker Fan And An Amateur Cardinals Mascot — “If I'm wrong, so be it, bro,” Carlson's guest said after he'd told Fox News viewers that the St. Louis baseball booster was “clearly a law enforcement officer.”
BBC:
Sanna Marin: Finland's PM sorry for clubbing after Covid contact — Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologised for going clubbing after coming into close contact with a Covid-19 case. — Sanna Marin went on a night out in Helsinki on Saturday, hours after her foreign minister had tested positive.
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Jussie Smollett's final act: How a hate crime hoax became a pitch for jury nullification — In his testimony before a Chicago jury this week, actor Jussie Smollett talked about how he has had to carefully maintain his image as “a black Cary Grant.” The “Empire” star, however …
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Amid Legal Jeopardy, Jussie Smollett Is Shopping New Projects
Amid Legal Jeopardy, Jussie Smollett Is Shopping New Projects
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Biden to award three Medals of Honor for combat actions in Iraq, Afghanistan — The Biden administration is planning to award Medals of Honor to three U.S. soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to people familiar with the matter, a group that includes the first Black service member …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Believe it or not, Fox News once knew shame — It wasn't so very long ago that Fox News had some standards for what was unacceptable. — In 2008, a Fox host named E.D. Hill suggested that a playful fist bump between Barack and Michelle Obama looked like a “terrorist fist jab.”
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Laura L. Thornton / The Hill:
Biden's ‘Summit for Democracy’ needs to be democratized — President Biden's “Summit for Democracy” begins tomorrow with the laudable aim to reenergize global commitment to democracy during a dangerous period of backsliding and rising authoritarianism. Yet the process — organization …
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Heritage Foundation:
Inclusion Delusion: The Antisemitism of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Staff at Universities — Authors: — SUMMARY … Universities ostensibly employ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) staff to create more tolerant and welcoming environments for students from all backgrounds.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
More Evidence Muddles Durham's Case on Lawyer's Meeting With F.B.I. — One disclosure dovetails with the special counsel John Durham's indictment against Michael Sussmann, while several others clash with it. — WASHINGTON — When a special counsel accused a prominent cybersecurity lawyer …
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Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury:
Youngkin pledges to pull Virginia from carbon market by executive order — Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin is pledging to use executive action to pull Virginia out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a carbon market involving 10 other Mid-Atlantic and New England states.
Josh Israel / The American Independent:
Millions of dollars in GOP ads haven't changed public support for Build Back Better — Two new polls show broad support for President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social infrastructure package. — Republican-linked dark money groups have spent millions on false ads trying to convince voters …
Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
Hillary Clinton chokes up as she reads parts of the victory speech she hoped to deliver in 2016 — For the first time, Hillary Clinton is sharing the speech she would have made if she had won the 2016 presidential election. — The former first lady and secretary of state grows emotional …
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Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
A GOP senator suggested gargling mouthwash to kill the coronavirus. Doctors and Listerine are skeptical. — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) recommended mouthwash as a treatment for the coronavirus during a town hall meeting Wednesday, immediately drawing criticism for suggesting gargling would offer protection.
Eric Garcia / MSNBC:
Tracing America's Covid vaccine conspiracies to autism fearmongering — Anti-vaxxers are now melding with anti-democratic extremists. But this movement's roots can be traced to men like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and their autism falsehoods. — Last week, the Centers for Disease Control …
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Probed by New York State Over Ex-Host's Gender Discrimination and Retaliation Claims — Melissa Francis disappeared from Fox's air last year amid a dispute over pay discrimination. The Daily Beast has learned that New York's labor department is probing her claims.
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Aaron Elstein / Crain's New York Business:
Historic blunder?! State moves to protect Penn Station and MSG, jeopardizing redevelopment — Penn Station, Madison Square Garden and 2 Penn Plaza should be added to the National Register of Historic Places, a state agency said, a move that could delay or even kill efforts to rebuild the dismal and dangerous rail hub.
Adam Beam / Associated Press:
California plans to be abortion sanctuary if Roe overturned — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With more than two dozen states poised to ban abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court gives them the OK next year, California clinics and their allies in the state Legislature on Wednesday revealed a plan to make the state a …